Pange lingua (1589) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2026-01-15)  CPDL #88067:   

Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2026-01-15).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A tone higher

• (Posted 2025-04-24)  CPDL #84599:   

Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2025-04-24).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

First verse only

• (Posted 2017-11-13)  CPDL #47363:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-11-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Vol 7 (Joseph Napoléon Ney). Clefs modernised. Original note values. A simple chant has been added for the first line.

• (Posted 2016-04-12)  CPDL #39292:       

Editor: José Ignacio Pérez Purroy (submitted 2016-04-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 193 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Edición: Recueils de morceaux de musique ancienne, vol. 7, p. 383, Paris, ca. 1843 (Biblioteca Nacional de España). Note values halved.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Pange lingua in Festo Corporis Christi
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Lyricist: Thomas Aquinas

Number of voices: 4-5vv   Voicing: SATB, SATTB in last verse
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Eucharistic song, Office hymn for Corpus Christi

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Hymni totius anni, no. 13
    2nd published: 1844 in Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Tantum ergo and Corporis mysterium, nos. 84 and 87, Volume 7, no. 84
Description: Alternatim setting of odd verses, polyphony beginning at with the 2nd line, Corporis mysterium. This setting is unrelated to Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium (opera dubia), dubiously attributed to Palestrina.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Pange lingua.